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October 26, 2004 26 Oct'04
Users abandon fixed line in favour of mobility

More phone users than ever are replacing their fixed phone lines with mobile phones.
October 26, 2004 26 Oct'04
Ashurst pushes e-mail

International law firm Ashurst is using a “push e-mail” system from Vodafone with Blackberry mobile devices, to increase...
October 15, 2004 15 Oct'04
Long-term mobile phone use increases brain tumour risk

Ten or more years of mobile phone use can dramatically increase the risk of developing a benign tumour on the auditory nerve,...
October 12, 2004 12 Oct'04
Samsung to develop dual-mode 3G/GSM phone

Samsung Electronics will announce later this year a dual-mode mobile phone that can be used with China's 3G standard, TD-SCDMA...

October 06, 2004 06 Oct'04
Better mobile security

Sygate and iPass are joining forces to help protect corporate data accessed by mobile devices.
October 01, 2004 01 Oct'04
Portable mobile phone recharger in prototype

NTT DoCoMo and Fujitsu Laboratories have developed a prototype fuel cell for recharging mobile phone batteries.
September 30, 2004 30 Sep'04
Gadgetworld prepares to open sesame

Japan's biggest electronics show opens to the public next week, showcasing the latest flat-panel TVs, mobile phones, optical...
September 30, 2004 30 Sep'04
Vietnam a step closer to 3G deployment

Vietnam's fast-growing mobile telephony market has moved a stage closer to deploying 3G technology after awarding a large...
September 24, 2004 24 Sep'04
Nokia adds anti-virus protection to smartphone

Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia will offer mobile anti-virus software through F-Secure as one of the features in its new...
September 23, 2004 23 Sep'04
European 3G market gets a boost from Vodafone

Vodafone operators in Europe will begin offering several new 3G mobile phones to customers by the end of the year

September 13, 2004 13 Sep'04
Keeping mobile data secure

Nokia and Pointsec Mobile Technologies have developed a solution to protect data on mobile devices.
September 13, 2004 13 Sep'04
Open season on Blackberry

In the race to win the attention of executives on the move Nokia Corp. has released its mobile e-mail solution to go head to head...
September 10, 2004 10 Sep'04
European group to test inflight mobile phone service

Two of the world's largest mobile phone technology groups are taking their rivalry into the sky with trials of services for...
September 03, 2004 03 Sep'04
Mobile phone market booming

Worldwide mobile phone sales exceeded 156.4 million units in the second quarter of 2004, a 35% increase on the second quarter of...
August 27, 2004 27 Aug'04
Nokia and Pointsec team up on mobile data security

Enterprises seeking higher security for their growing number of mobile devices may be interested in new encryption technology...
August 23, 2004 23 Aug'04
Samsung opens 4G technology forum

Samsung Electronics is holding a two-day private forum on fourth-generation (4G) mobile telecommunications technology this week.
August 16, 2004 16 Aug'04
Sprint launches streaming multimedia phone service

Sprint has introduced a new 15-frame-per-second streaming video service that will run on a Samsung mobile phone that Sprint began...
July 30, 2004 30 Jul'04
Siemens to merge its communications units

Siemens will merge its mobile and fixed communications businesses into a single group called Siemens Communications.
July 15, 2004 15 Jul'04
Operators launch global fixed-mobile phone alliance

Six big telephone companies from around the world have joined forces to promote combined fixed-line and mobile services to...
July 13, 2004 13 Jul'04
TI and DoCoMo to develop single-chip 3G products

Texas Instruments and NTT DoCoMo plan to jointly develop a single-chip product for mobile phones based on third-generation (3G)...
July 07, 2004 07 Jul'04
Texas teams up with ARM to tackle mobile phone chip security

Texas Instruments will build a security platform from UK chip designer ARM Holdings into its next-generation mobile processors,...
July 06, 2004 06 Jul'04
TI tackles mobile phone chip security

Texas Instruments (TI) is to build advanced security features into its next generation of mobile processors.
June 21, 2004 21 Jun'04
Mobile worm could be just the start, users told

Businesses have been urged to press mobile phone operators to disclose what steps they are taking to secure 3G phones and PDAs,...
June 18, 2004 18 Jun'04
Symbol buys into stronger mobile security

Symbol Technologies is to buy Trio Security in a bid to secure data and applications on handheld devices.
June 15, 2004 15 Jun'04
Anti-virus firm warns of mobile phone worm

Anti-virus company Kaspersky Labs has discovered the first-ever computer virus capable of spreading over mobile phone networks.
June 02, 2004 02 Jun'04
Kwickee Bitesize service debuts

Business users and consumers will soon be able to access specialist data on their mobile phones on a pay-per-article basis with...
May 18, 2004 18 May'04
CeBIT showcases mobility

This year’s CeBIT IT trade show in Hannover will feature a variety of useful peripheral devices for mobile users, including...
May 18, 2004 18 May'04
Analysts doubt PTT take up

A number of market analysts have expressed doubt over the potential take-up of so-called "push-to-talk" (PTT) mobile services...
May 05, 2004 05 May'04
Vodafone launches 3G for consumers

Vodafone Group yesterday launched a third-generation high-speed mobile internet service for consumers, just three months after...
April 21, 2004 21 Apr'04
European mobile operators push for common handset specs

Several leading European mobile phone operators have begun talks to form an initiative aimed at identifying requirements for open...
April 20, 2004 20 Apr'04
Record demand pushes Sony Ericsson into profit

Sony Ericsson has posted a profit for the third consecutive quarter, due boosted by record demand for its mobile phones and...
April 05, 2004 05 Apr'04
Mobiles not guaranteed back-up

Mobile phones, as well as land lines were affected by the Manchester cable fire, with three of the four main operators unable to...
April 05, 2004 05 Apr'04
Body wants law on mobile phone unblocking

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) in the Philippines is pushing for a special law to stamp out the "unblocking" of...
March 31, 2004 31 Mar'04
T-Mobile has cold feet over US consolidation

Deutsche Telekom chief executive officer Kai-Uwe Ricke appears to have had second thoughts about the impact of consolidation in...
March 26, 2004 26 Mar'04
Visual Studio 2005 focuses on mobile devices

Microsoft with Visual Studio 2005 is pledging to provide mobile application developers with the same facilities as desktop...
March 26, 2004 26 Mar'04
Mobile technology could revolutionise HR admin

Technologies such as WAP, Wi-Fi, GPRS, MMS, USSD and SMS can redefine processes and procedures within the field of payroll...
March 25, 2004 25 Mar'04
Strife over GSM push-to-talk standard

New push-to-talk mobile phone systems being developed for packet-based GSM networks could prove to be a disruptive technology in...
March 25, 2004 25 Mar'04
Texas promises 3G Wi-Fi chipset

Texas Instruments has announced its third-generation Wi-Fi chipset, aimed at mobile devices such as PDAs and mobile phones, the...
March 23, 2004 23 Mar'04
Samsung unveils OneNand chip

Samsung Electronics will increase its stake in the mobile memory market with multichip packaging technology, as well as a new...
March 19, 2004 19 Mar'04
Vodafone D2 to meet demand for 3G data

German mobile phone operator Vodafone D2, the first in Europe to launch a mobile data service based on 3G technology, will sell...
March 19, 2004 19 Mar'04
Nokia launches mobile RFID kit

Nokia has launched a mobile RFID kit at CeBIT that allows mobile workforces to access data by touching tagged items with a mobile...
March 11, 2004 11 Mar'04
Big players must expect competition in .mobile bid

Some of the biggest players in the mobile industry, including Nokia, Vodafone Group and Microsoft have put in a joint bid to the...
March 11, 2004 11 Mar'04
Mobile sales grow although Nokia's share slips

Sales of mobile phones rose by 20.5% in 2003, fuelled by replacement demand in mature markets, in addition to...
February 27, 2004 27 Feb'04
Sun teams with mobile phone firms for Java apps

Java's creator and four mobile phone makers have developed a process for testing and certifying Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME)...
February 26, 2004 26 Feb'04
SanDisk and Motorola shrink memory card format

SanDisk and Motorola have created a smaller removable flash memory card format for use in mobile phones.
February 26, 2004 26 Feb'04
Decision expected on mobile roaming charges

The European Commission is close to resolving its long-standing concerns about mobile phone operators overcharging people for...
February 26, 2004 26 Feb'04
Intel plans 3G chip and announces partners

Intel is to release an integrated mobile phone processor for third-generation networks, president and chief operating officer...
February 25, 2004 25 Feb'04
Nokia and Samsung agree push-to-talk licence

Samsung Electronics has agreed to license push-to-talk technology from Nokia in several mobile phones slated for launch in 2004...
February 25, 2004 25 Feb'04
Sony Ericsson opts for 'always-on' technology

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications has signed separate deals with Research in Motion (RIM) and Sonim Technologies.
February 25, 2004 25 Feb'04
Phone makers join forces in fight against theft

Six mobile phone manufacturers have pledged their support for a plan to prevent the reprogramming of stolen phones.
February 18, 2004 18 Feb'04
Operators offer seamless Wi-Fi service

Two European operators have announced advances in Wi-Fi security and billing by tying in their WLan services with mobile phone...
February 10, 2004 10 Feb'04
Panasonic creates Symbian-based mobile phone

Panasonic is to launch a mobile phone based on the Symbian operating system and Nokia's Series 60 interface in July.
February 10, 2004 10 Feb'04
Mobile firms team up to prevent handset theft

Mobile phone operators and handset makers are working together in an international campaign to decrease mobile phone theft.
January 22, 2004 22 Jan'04
Lucent notches up first-quarter profit

Lucent Technologies' first-quarter profit of $338m was buoyed by $960m revenue from its mobile products and services.
January 20, 2004 20 Jan'04
Enhanced location technology pinpoints 999 callers on mobiles

The UK’s emergency services will soon be able to locate mobile phone users making 999 calls, using enhanced location technology...
January 20, 2004 20 Jan'04
UK mobile operators agree to censor adult content on 3G phones

Six of the UK's largest mobile phone operators are to censor content and services delivered over third-generation handsets as...
January 20, 2004 20 Jan'04
Sony Ericsson turns in profitable quarter

Continued strong demand for mobile phones in the fourth quarter helped Sony Ericsson post a profit for the second quartrer in...
January 19, 2004 19 Jan'04
W3C moves ahead with mobile web standard

The World Wide Consortium has recommended a new standard that aims to improve the web-surfung capabilities on handheld devices.
January 12, 2004 12 Jan'04
Mobile phone radiation 'within agreed limits'

Tests on several of the world's most popular second-generation mobile phone models revealed no health hazards, with radiation...
January 07, 2004 07 Jan'04
Ex-Microsoft executive to head Macromedia mobile unit

Former Microsoft corporate vice-president of mobile devices, Juha Christensen has been named president of Macromedia's mobile and...
December 11, 2003 11 Dec'03
Orange's tunnel vision solves mobile phone signal loss

Mobile phone operator Orange claimed to have solved the problem of dropped mobile phone signals in railway tunnels by placing a...
December 09, 2003 09 Dec'03
Lucent to participate in Chinese 3G trials

Lucent Technologies is to participate in China's upcoming field trials of third-generation mobile telephone technologies through...
December 08, 2003 08 Dec'03
Mobile phone sales rocket in third quarter

The worldwide market for mobile phones is outstripping even the most enthusiastic predictions from the beginning of the year,...
November 13, 2003 13 Nov'03
Games on Nokia's N-Gage prove easy to hack

Hackers have cracked the copy protection code of games developed for Nokia's N-Gage mobile game console.
November 11, 2003 11 Nov'03
KPN Mobile sells Hutchinson 3G share

KPN Mobile has agreed to sell its 15% share in Hutchison 3G to Hutchison Whampoa for a total of £90m.
November 11, 2003 11 Nov'03
Nokia keeps quiet on Psion buyout rumour

Nokia representatives have declined to comment on reports that the company wants to increase its stake in mobile phone software...
November 10, 2003 10 Nov'03
Gartner: forget about 3G, grid and 64-bit PCs until 2008

Forget about 3G mobile, grid computing, 64-bit desktops, on-demand services, Bluetooth, and worries about IP Version 6, for now,...
October 30, 2003 30 Oct'03
Sun and Texas Instruments team up for Java apps on mobiles

Java pioneer Sun Microsystems and mobile-phone chip maker Texas Instruments are joining forces to make it easier for phone makers...
October 30, 2003 30 Oct'03
NTT DoCoMo raises 3G user target

NTT DoCoMo has raised its forecast for the number of users for its third-generation mobile service and announced an increase to...
October 29, 2003 29 Oct'03
Carphone Warehouse 'surprised' by ASA decision

Mobile phone retailer The Carphone Warehouse said it was "extremely surprised" by a ruling the Advertising Standards Authority...
October 28, 2003 28 Oct'03
NTT DoCoMo and Sony team up on contactless smart cards for mobile phones

Sony and NTT DoCoMo have reached an agreement to develop technology that will enable Sony's Felica contactless smart card to be...
October 28, 2003 28 Oct'03
Carphone Warehouse slammed over SMS spam

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) last week upheld two complaints about an SMS message sent by mobile phone retailer The...
October 22, 2003 22 Oct'03
Motorola adds RealOne Player to Linux phones

Motorola is to use the RealNetworks RealOne Player in some of its mobile phones.
October 07, 2003 07 Oct'03
Iraq to have GSM-based mobile network

The US-backed governing authority in Iraq awarded three mobile phone licences to companies based in the Middle East, all of with...
October 02, 2003 02 Oct'03
European mobile alliance challenges Vodafone

Seven smaller European mobile phone companies with networks in nine countries have banded together in an alliance to offer...
October 02, 2003 02 Oct'03
NTT DoCoMo's 3G service hits one million users

Subscriptions to NTT DoCoMo's Foma 3G mobile telephone network has hit the one million mark.
September 26, 2003 26 Sep'03
Vodafone offers uniform mobile data fees

From 27 November, Vodafone Group will begin offering customers a set of uniform fees for mobile data services in all of its...
September 02, 2003 02 Sep'03
France Télécom offers to buy back Orange

France Télécom has made an all-stock offer for the shares it does not own in its mobile telecommunication subsidiary Orange, at a...
September 01, 2003 01 Sep'03
Mobile networks could fail during US-style power cuts

UK businesses could be vulnerable to failures of the mobile phone network during power failures like those that affected the US...
August 22, 2003 22 Aug'03
Users still wait for OS update from Dell

Frustrated Axim will have to wait a while longer for a CD-Rom update from Dell to fix a patch on their Windows Mobile 2003...
August 19, 2003 19 Aug'03
Samsung saves space on mobile phone display

Samsung Electronics has developed a flat-panel display unit for clamshell-style mobile phones which could help manufacturers make...
August 04, 2003 04 Aug'03
European mobile alliance rolls out first services

Members of a European mobile alliance are to offer their first new services under the agreement by allowing prepaid mobile phone...
August 04, 2003 04 Aug'03
Sybase PowerBuilder developer tool goes mobile

Sybase has extended its PowerBuilder database application development tool to target PocketPC devices running Microsoft Windows...
July 28, 2003 28 Jul'03
Vodafone boasts three million new customers in first quarter

Vodafone, Europe's largest mobile phone operator, posted a strong increase in subscriber numbers and usage in the first quarter...
July 18, 2003 18 Jul'03
Nokia gains ground but charge nips profits

Mobile phone company Nokia has reported a slight increase in sales for the second quarter of the year, offset by a steep decline...
July 17, 2003 17 Jul'03
3G network sharing approved for Germany

The European Commission has given the go-ahead to mobile phone operators to share their networks in Germany.
July 16, 2003 16 Jul'03
Japan launch for Fujitsu mobile phone

Fujitsu has released its most advanced mobile video phone in NTT DoCoMo's third-generation line-up.
July 11, 2003 11 Jul'03
NTT Docomo takes hard line on I-mode spammers

NTT Docomo cracking down on spammers who take advantage of the company's I-mode mobile network to distribute spam e-mails to its...
July 09, 2003 09 Jul'03
EDS introduces mobile data protection service

Electronic Data Systems has announced the release of its Mobile Information Protection service.
July 08, 2003 08 Jul'03
T-Mobile unveils mobile phone navigation system

German mobile phone operator T-Mobile Deutschland is offering one of the world's first mobile phone-based navigation systems...
June 30, 2003 30 Jun'03
Call costs cut at customers' expense

Analysts have warned that mobile phone operators may try to increase charges on data services after they failed to overturn a...
June 24, 2003 24 Jun'03
Orange joins Euro alliance and prepares for 3G

Mobile operator Orange is to join an alliance of Telecom Italia Mobile, Telefónica Móviles of Spain and T-Mobile International of...
June 09, 2003 09 Jun'03
Sendo patent suit hinges on Taiwanese hardware

The intellectual property suit that mobile phone developer Sendo Holdings initiated against mobile operator Orange centres around...
June 09, 2003 09 Jun'03
Vodafone offers three-way mobile data card

The German subsidiary of Vodafone is offering customers a mobile data card which will enable them to access three different...
May 28, 2003 28 May'03
More operators launch MS Smartphones

European mobile phone operator TeliaSonera and Hong Kong operator CSL announced Tuesday that they would soon be offering the...
May 21, 2003 21 May'03
MmO2 makes £10bn loss and writes down 3G licence costs

Mobile phone operator mmO2 has written down £5.9bn from the value of the 3G licences it bought three years ago and recorded a...
May 16, 2003 16 May'03
Manufacturers team up to offer CDMA chips

Two of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers and the world's biggest mobile phone maker are teaming up to offer a set...
May 06, 2003 06 May'03
CAA study: Mobile phones still threat in aircraft

Airlines should continue their ban on the use of mobile phones on board aircraft because of possible interference with navigation...
April 25, 2003 25 Apr'03
Sony Ericsson sees big drop in sales

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB saw sales drop more than a quarter year-on-year in the first three months of this year,...
March 27, 2003 27 Mar'03
Alliance gives businesses advice on going mobile

A new organisation formed to help companies find the right mobile technologies for their business made its debut at CeBIT.